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The film had its world premiere at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on 23 October 2023, and was theatrically released on 11 April 2024, in Hong Kong. It received six nominations in the 30th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award, with Sasha Chuk winning Best Screenplay and Wu Kang-ren winning Best Actor.
Recorded 4 October 1994. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( / mænˈdɛlə / man-DEH-lə; [1] Xhosa: [xolíɬaɬa mandɛ̂ːla]; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's ...
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- Plot
- Background
- Analysis of Themes
- Literary Significance and Reception
- Awards, Nominations, and Recognition
- Adaptations
Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, lives in a Community isolated from all except a few similar towns, where everyone from small infants to the Chief Elder has an assigned role. With the annual Ceremony of Twelve upcoming, he is nervous, for there he will be assigned his life's work. He seeks reassurance from his father, a Nurturer (who cares for the new bab...
Lowry has stated that her books all explore "the importance of human connection… the vital need for humans to be aware of their interdependence, not only with each other, but with the world and its environment." Like Lowry's other books, The Givershows changes in the characters' lives, reflecting this fascination in the multifaceted dimensions of g...
Memory
Bradford et al. argue that The Giver represents a community where the lack of cultural memory leads to an inability to avoid societal mistakes, preventing the community from becoming a true Utopia, thus conferring transformational potential on human memory. Hanson interprets the restriction of memory as totalitarian and argues that Lowry demonstrates the emancipatory potential of memory in the Giver.Triplett and Han suggest that Jonas's role as receiver of memory, allowing him a deeper unders...
Religion
Bradford et al. suggest The Giver's depiction of Christmas at the novel's end implies that an ideal community is in part represented by a family Christmas, therefore situating the novel as conservative. Graeme Wend-Walker, an academic, analyzed the then-trilogy in 2013 through a post-secular lens and suggested that removing religion entirely from human society and lives could diminish humanity's capacity for accepting differences rather than providing for human liberation as some may assume.C...
Color
Susan G Lea has emphasized that sameness is crucial to the world of The Giver, and furthermore that their monochromatic vision creates a color blindness within the community that cannot be aware of the effects of the absence of color. She likens the lack of difference and literal color blindness of The Giver's community with color blind attitudes that act as if racial difference does not exist, and suggests that the book shows the way that colorblindness erases people of color and their exper...
In the United States, The Giverhas become frequently assigned as reading in schools, as well as library-sponsored reading clubs and "City Reads" programs. However, reviewers have commented that the story lacks originality and is not likely to stand up to the sort of probing literary criticism used in "serious" circles. Others argue that the book's ...
Lowry won many awards for her work on The Giver, including the following: 1. The 1994 Newbery Medal – The John Newbery award (Medal) is given by the Association for Library Service to Children. The award is given for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. 2. The 1994 Regina Medal 3. The 1996 William Allen White Awa...
Oregon Children's Theatre (Portland, Oregon) premiered a stage adaptation of The Giver by Eric Coblein March 2006. Subsequent productions of Coble's one-hour script have been presented in several American theatres. Another stage adaptation, written by Diana Basmajian, was produced by Prime Stage Theatrein 2006. Actor Ron Rifkin reads the text for t...
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